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eye 11-18-2003 10:44 PM

root password forget.
 
root password forget. so, home account do login.
can't login into root account.
how to change root password?

TGNExtendedGame 11-18-2003 11:39 PM

I do not think there is any way to possibly change your root password without actually being logged in as root. I may be incorrect though.

pineappleshirt 11-19-2003 12:02 AM

Boot in single user mode.
You will then be able to change root password using command

passwd

Hope this helps.

rooman 11-21-2003 03:19 PM

I have the same problem on a new reinstall of rh8. The login is graphical.
I need to access the root password so as to configure the mouse and bootup.
"initlevel x" is in which file? (rh)
What initlevel for single user boot, for passwd command?

darthtux 11-21-2003 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rooman

"initlevel x" is in which file? (rh)
What initlevel for single user boot, for passwd command?

http://www.starnetok.net/~jallen/how...vel-howto.html

Mathieu 11-21-2003 08:30 PM

In order to reset your root password, you will need to boot Linux in runlevel 1.

To do this, read the following document.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...ng-single.html

Once the system is booted, change your root password using the passwd command.
Type:
Code:

/usr/bin/passwd


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